View full sizeGoogle MapsPolice said an 18-year-old Lansing man accidentally shot his 19-year-old friend while the two were playing with the weapon at the 19-year-old's apartment in the 4000 block of West Jolly Road Wednesday evening.

LANSING -- Police here have forwarded their investigation to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office to determine what charges will arise after a Lansing teenager accidentally shot his teenage friend with an unregistered handgun.

Lansing police Ofc. Robert Merritt said police were dispatched to the 4000 block of West Jolly Road at 11:51 p.m. Wednesday to meet with a shooting victim.

They met with the victim, a 19-year-old Lansing man, at Quality Dairy, located at the corner of Waverly and Jolly roads. Merritt said the victim was initially uncooperative with police, but was taken to a local hospital to treat the gunshot wound in his arm and became more cooperative.

Police interviewed the victim at the hospital and determined he was at his apartment in the 4000 block of West Jolly Road with a friend, an 18-year-old Lansing man. The pair were playing video games and playing with a handgun, Merritt said.

The victim told police his friend accidentally shot him. The victim said he then went to Quality Dairy to meet with police about the incident.

Police interviewed witnesses -- including the victim's friend -- and investigated overnight. Merritt said the incident indeed appears to be accidental.

Merritt said the handgun belonged to the shooter and was not registered. It was also not recovered.

"After he was shot they panicked, based on it being an illegal firearm, and made a mad dash to get rid of it," Merritt said. "We're in the process of locating it."

Merritt said additional charges may stem from that, but added that that will be up to the Ingham County Prosecutor's Office.